Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Consummation of Empire
Date:
1835-1836
Object Number:
1858.3
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Margurite in Andé, France
Object Number:
1935.85.3.45
Date:
c. 1882
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 7/8 x 8 3/16 in. (27.6 x 20.8 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at center left: "Margurite / ANDÉ 10 AOUT / C.B."; at lower left: "CARROLL BECKWITH"
Description:
Margot and Margurite are probably the same woman.
See Beckwith Scrapbooks in NYHS Library: Volume 2, p. 86 (Peasant Girl at Ande)
Sketch from a bound album with 155 tipped in sketches by Beckwith.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
